BHS girls hoops wins Bakersfield summer crown

BAKERSFIELD — The Burroughs girls basketball team ended a successful summer campaign on a high note Monday night — but not without being tested.

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By Anthony GentileSPORTS EDITORagentile@ridgecrestca.com

Ridgecrest Daily Independent - Ridgecrest, CA

By Anthony GentileSPORTS EDITORagentile@ridgecrestca.com

Posted Jul. 2, 2013 at 12:26 PM
Updated Jul 2, 2013 at 2:11 PM

By Anthony GentileSPORTS EDITORagentile@ridgecrestca.com

Posted Jul. 2, 2013 at 12:26 PM
Updated Jul 2, 2013 at 2:11 PM

BAKERSFIELD — The Burroughs girls basketball team ended a successful summer campaign on a high note Monday night — but not without being tested. The Burros captured the Bakersfield summer league championship with single-digit wins over Shafter and Delano to cap an unbeaten run in league play.

In the championship game, Burroughs raced out to a 13-point halftime lead and had to hang on to beat Delano. The Burros scored only seven points in a cold-shooting second half, but it was enough to prevail 29-23.

Aubrey Hayes led the team with 12 points in the title game, and Alex Simmons finished with seven points and four steals. Talia Forsythe and Breanna Moore each had four points and four rebounds as Burroughs won the Bakersfield league without a loss for the second straight season.

Burroughs snuck past Shafter 29-26 in the semifinals. The Burros quickly erased a halftime deficit with their half-court trap, and held off the Generals down the stretch to advance to the title game.

Madison Schiller led the team with 10 points and six rebounds, and Aubrey Hayes finished with six points in the semifinal win. Chantia Jennings had a team-high five rebounds, and Talia Forsythe grabbed four rebounds to go along with three steals.

In the Cerro Coso tournament on Saturday, Burroughs beat Palmdale 41-16 to pick up its second win in front of a local crowd. Hayes scored a team-high 13 points and Ashleigh Ayers added 10 in the lopsided win. Celsea McGrew led the Burros with seven rebounds and Jennings had six.

Burroughs finishes the summer with a 23-3 record, an improvement upon last year's mark of 19-4. The 2013-14 Burros have the potential to be one of the best teams in school history coming off of last year's historic campaign, and if the summer is any indication, they are on the right track.